Rocking the motor control world. With all the heavy screens and stuff hanging and moving above and around the stage, there is a dedicated workstation controlling moves and monitoring all the loads. #chilipeppers

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Gabe rocking the motor control world. With all the heavy screens and stuff hanging and moving above and around the stage, there is a dedicated workstation controlling moves and monitoring all the loads. #chilipeppers

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Mark and Taka 's monitor control world for #chilipeppers. https://t.co/fbPfkUjBKe

Mark and Taka 's monitor control world for #chilipeppers. https://t.co/fbPfkUjBKe

— Dave Rat (@dave_rat) September 15, 2016

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September 14, 2016 at 09:47PM
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Mark and Taka 's monitor control world for #chilipeppers.

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And this would be my world and view. Got my superwedge cue time delayed to the mains, a nice… https://t.co/WLIvbTtOOT

And this would be my world and view. Got my superwedge cue time delayed to the mains, a nice… https://t.co/WLIvbTtOOT

— Dave Rat (@dave_rat) September 14, 2016

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September 14, 2016 at 01:21PM
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Lampi control, #chilipeppers Two of three Grand Ma consoles, Leif. Is left, Scott is right and… https://t.co/8SZknPZ82r

Lampi control, #chilipeppers Two of three Grand Ma consoles, Leif. Is left, Scott is right and… https://t.co/8SZknPZ82r

— Dave Rat (@dave_rat) September 14, 2016

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September 14, 2016 at 01:18PM
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And this would be my world and view. Got my superwedge cue time delayed to the mains, a nice clear ground level view and my friendly boat anchor of a board. 25 years with #chilipeppers and am thinking I would rather retire than switch to a board I don't want to mix on.

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Lampi control, #chilipeppers Two of three Grand Ma consoles, Leif. Is left, Scott is right and there is a fully loaded spare behind out of the pic.

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This is George's world. He does all the real time content selecting of which of the 3 human held pit cams and 4 remote control robocams we see on the screens

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And if you ever wanted to know where all the #chilipeppers live recordings come from, meet Jason and his touring recording/mix rig.

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Four of the 8 remote controls for the truss spots. This means that instead of 8 humans climbing into the altruistic above stage and sitting there the entire set, they sit back stage and control the spots and have a dedicated video screen to see. #chilipeppers

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And if you ever wanted to know where all the #chilipeppers live recordings come from, meet Jason and his touring recording/mix rig.

Four of the 8 remote controls for the truss spots. This means that instead of 8 humans climbing into the altruistic above stage and sitting there the entire set, they sit back stage and control the spots and have a dedicated video screen to see. #chilipeppers

Finally, this is Nate 's would who plays piano and keyboards for this tour with the #chilipeppers p

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Check out the world of Chris Warren, the drum tech, he does the vocoder effect in By the Way, kyb on several songs, hand claps and other sounds. Every sound you hear at a Peppers show is created in real time by a human.

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Chris Warren getting #chilipeppers Chad Smith's drums dialed in https://t.co/VHk4puzNm5

Chris Warren getting #chilipeppers Chad Smith's drums dialed in https://t.co/VHk4puzNm5

— Dave Rat (@dave_rat) September 14, 2016

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September 14, 2016 at 07:37AM
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The world of Ian who keeps the most complex of the #chilipeppers stage setups dialed in for Josh. https://t.co/RAzWtC2eJZ

The world of Ian who keeps the most complex of the #chilipeppers stage setups dialed in for Josh. https://t.co/RAzWtC2eJZ

— Dave Rat (@dave_rat) September 14, 2016

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September 14, 2016 at 07:35AM
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Chris Warren getting #chilipeppers Chad Smith's drums dialed in

Chris Warren getting #chilipeppers Chad Smith's drums dialed in

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The world of Ian who keeps the most complex of the #chilipeppers stage setups dialed in for Josh.

The world of Ian who keeps the most complex of the #chilipeppers stage setups dialed in for Josh.

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The offstage world of Flea where the awesome Tracy Robar keeps everything rocking

The offstage world of Flea where the awesome Tracy Robar keeps everything rocking https://t.co/dZ0BVRtrkj

The offstage world of Flea where the awesome Tracy Robar keeps everything rocking https://t.co/dZ0BVRtrkj

— Dave Rat (@dave_rat) September 14, 2016

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September 14, 2016 at 05:02AM
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The offstage world of Flea where the awesome Tracy Robar keeps everything rocking

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Josh's view #chilipeppers https://t.co/YZwJQ7nceV

Josh's view #chilipeppers https://t.co/YZwJQ7nceV

— Dave Rat (@dave_rat) September 14, 2016

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September 14, 2016 at 04:42AM
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Pre-show view from Flea's perspective https://t.co/K2B6XfQT07

Pre-show view from Flea's perspective https://t.co/K2B6XfQT07

— Dave Rat (@dave_rat) September 14, 2016

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September 14, 2016 at 04:37AM
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Josh's view #chilipeppers

Josh's view #chilipeppers

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Josh's view #chilipeppers

Josh's view #chilipeppers

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Pre-show view from Flea's perspective

Pre-show view from Flea's perspective

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The rig of Flea #chilipeppers

The rig of Flea #chilipeppers

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#chilipeppers Josh's rig.

#chilipeppers Josh's rig.

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by Dave Rat

September 14, 2016 at 01:36AM
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#chilipeppers stage all set and near ready. This should give clear idea of sound gear layout as well as monitor mix.

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Stage left sub array without and with the stage tops. The end fire array consisting of 4 stacks of L-acoustics KS28s, 3 stacks facing forward in a modified arc, and one stack facing rearward, offers directivity control in the forward field and cancelation on stage and behind the arrays. Also, there are 4 stacks of 3 subs a cross the front that are at a lower volume to gently fill the subs in the center up close and offer some additional cancelation on stage.

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Cool dress http://www.refinery29.com/2016/09/122592/r13-trump-print-nyfw-2017 Thank you Kimisaw!

Cool dress http://www.refinery29.com/2016/09/122592/r13-trump-print-nyfw-2017 Thank you Kimisaw!
by Dave Rat

September 11, 2016 at 11:48AM
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880 nanowinches each holding a multi color led light that can drop in at high speed and fly out individually or in groups over the audience. Cool stuff from Scott the Lampi for Chili Peppers

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To the top of the globe! So the tourists hired themselves a mini globe and found a fund a whinge of roadies on top of the big globe

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Oh so majestic on the outside, so perfectly round and so perfectly designed to capture and contain sound infinitely bouncing round and and round. My relief on not doing the show there was only surpassed by the even larger more perfect echo chamber tele2 arena was built to be. Sweden has perfected the art of recycling sound.

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Taka Nakai rocking the big roadie lunch. This is what happens when we start a "lose 3% of your body weight by the end of tour leg" challenge. 6 days till weigh out and 15 crew on board.

Taka Nakai rocking the big roadie lunch. This is what happens when we start a "lose 3% of your body weight by the end of tour leg" challenge. 6 days till weigh out and 15 crew on board.
by Dave Rat

September 08, 2016 at 09:52AM
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Meet The Woman Who's Been Pearl Jam's Sound Engineer For 24 Years

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by Dave Rat

September 07, 2016 at 08:50AM
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Rookie » Accidental Auras

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by Dave Rat

September 07, 2016 at 04:21AM
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Kind of a "live" room but looks cool and I don't mind the challenge plus chili peppers in smallish venue is always good fun regardless of the 6 second plus decay times #streetgigs

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For all those people that give me a hard time for having a big analog console, check out the size of this control surface! Goo news is we are doing a gig in an old power generating plant in former east Berlin. The bad news is I am fairly certain that when they designed this place they may have come up a bit shy on creating an optimum acoustic environment.

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Finally get to use my Fluke thermal imaging camera to monitor audience and room temperatures. A nice warm room makes for a great rock show. Too hot and people pass out and complain, not necessarily in that order. To cold and it feel all isolated and people don't take off their coats and make themselves at home for the party.

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Yard sale in the sky. Either that or the stage right PA for Peppers' arena show #1 rocking Budapest. If you looking close you should see 50 boxes plus power.

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Arena gigs, here we come. Stage right 48 of the 50 flown brown boxes awaiting lift off. A pair of flown ARCs for center fill not shown. That'll make an even 100 up and 36 subs on the deck for what should offer a substantial amount of clean clear coverage at premium sound levels.

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The important parts of my day today

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Last band of the last day on the last festival they'll play for 2016 with Chili Peppers rocking Leeds

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Reading Festival, brown boxes and 10s of thousands of my very best friends all hanging out to see the Chili Peppers.

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It's an odd feeling hearing a fellow touring human has died. Spending so much time together and then days or years before a few minutes or months of hanging out again. And then one day comes where they just stop showing up for lobby call, ever again Over 30 years ago I met Monty Lee Wilkes when Black Flag played the 1st Ave in Minneapolis. Here was a brief bit where he was mixing Mars Volta opening for Peppers and if you read the back you'll see why he always wore that radio station shirt. Monte was a fascinating friend that will be so much missed Oh the stories he has to tell are endless http://www.ratsound.com/cblog/archives/2006/11/05.html

It's an odd feeling hearing a fellow touring human has died. Spending so much time together and then days or years before a few minutes or months of hanging out again. And then one day comes where they just stop showing up for lobby call, ever again Over 30 years ago I met Monty Lee Wilkes when Black Flag played the 1st Ave in Minneapolis. Here was a brief bit where he was mixing Mars Volta opening for Peppers and if you read the back you'll see why he always wore that radio station shirt. Monte was a fascinating friend that will be so much missed Oh the stories he has to tell are endless http://www.ratsound.com/cblog/archives/2006/11/05.html
by Dave Rat

August 27, 2016 at 08:13AM
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Excellent and also awesome.

Excellent and also awesome.
by Dave Rat

August 26, 2016 at 08:07AM
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Building trust creates opportunity, Maintaining trust builds respect, Selling trust earns money, Breaking trust makes you an asshole

Building trust creates opportunity, Maintaining trust builds respect, Selling trust earns money, Breaking trust makes you an asshole
by Dave Rat

August 26, 2016 at 06:54AM
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Flea

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by Dave Rat

August 19, 2016 at 05:08PM
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Doing our first try out of "fulfilled by Amazon" with the Soundtools Rat Sniffer/Sender sets. #FB https://t.co/1iW55r4TPt

Doing our first try out of "fulfilled by Amazon" with the Soundtools Rat Sniffer/Sender sets. #FB https://t.co/1iW55r4TPt

— Dave Rat (@dave_rat) August 18, 2016

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August 18, 2016 at 02:02PM
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The newest Soundtools product is nearly done. The "WallCat" allows 4 balanced XLR lines to mount in an AC wall box. Each WallCat has a RJ45 in and thru. Initially there will be a four mallet or four female XLR version. A 2 male and 2 female version will be available next year. This means you can string inexpensive sheilded cat5/6/7 cable through the building and either use it for high quality audio.

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SoundTools XLR Sniffer/Sender Microphone Cable Tester Kit

Doing our first try out of "fulfilled by Amazon" with the Soundtools Rat Sniffer/Sender sets. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00C0NTSUS/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1471553914&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=rat+sniffer#
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For all those that knew and loved Clyde Grimes and the Untouchables thee is a free show and Memorial at the roxy tomorrow, thursday. https://m.evensi.us/free-show-at-the-roxy-to-celebrate-the-life-of-cg-w-the/183734349

For all those that knew and loved Clyde Grimes and the Untouchables thee is a free show and Memorial at the roxy tomorrow, thursday. https://m.evensi.us/free-show-at-the-roxy-to-celebrate-the-life-of-cg-w-the/183734349
by Dave Rat

August 17, 2016 at 08:55PM
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Free show at The Roxy to celebrate the life of CG w/ The Untouchables and The Question - 18/08/2016

For all those that knew and loved Clyde Grimes and the Untouchables thee is a free show and Memorial at the roxy tomorrow, thursday.
from Facebook https://m.evensi.us/free-show-at-the-roxy-to-celebrate-the-life-of-cg-w-the/183734349

HuffPost Politics

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My Crazy Year with Trump

I good read and sounds a lot like touring with a rock band except rather than the singer shouting your name to get more monitors, it's a candidate turning an angry mob crowd on a reporter. Busses, jets, hotels, moving fast and not enough showers.
from Facebook http://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a21997/donald-trump-katy-tur/

I good read and sounds a lot like touring with a rock band except rather than the singer shouting your name to get more monitors, it's a candidate turning an angry mob crowd on a reporter. Busses, jets, hotels, moving fast and not enough showers.

I good read and sounds a lot like touring with a rock band except rather than the singer shouting your name to get more monitors, it's a candidate turning an angry mob crowd on a reporter. Busses, jets, hotels, moving fast and not enough showers.
by Dave Rat

August 11, 2016 at 02:19PM
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Check out some LD's doing what they do best.

Police Arrest 130 People Connected To Band Gear Theft Ring

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I Ran the C.I.A. Now I’m Endorsing Hillary Clinton.

Credible, honest and important. Regardless of your position, at least read this.
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anxiety is a monster
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June 1st when he was on a roll, may the card house find its well justified crumble #FB https://t.co/Ti8Q5I6VfF

June 1st when he was on a roll, may the card house find its well justified crumble #FB https://t.co/Ti8Q5I6VfF

— Dave Rat (@dave_rat) August 5, 2016

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August 05, 2016 at 11:20AM
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@ratsoundsystems does Fenway Park with Brown Boxes K1, K2, K1sb for James Taylor and Pearl Jam

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Bike ride to the gig with wifey in Chicago, so great to see her after near a month away. I love meeting in distant places

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And for the last show of the tour leg, Lollapalooza had a D&B J rig. Show went well, I pushed that rig till it stopped sounding good and pulled it back a bit. I miss the big guns of the large format 15" based rigs for these large shows but it did was good enough.

Wheee!

Owie

I like seeing analog rigs going out. These are the racks supporting an XL4 but not sure who it's for

It's impossible to support Trump without being a hypocrite, and easy to prove. Yet to prove they are a hypocrites you will need to lower yourself to Trump's level and start calling them names, 'hitting them hard' and denying everything. Though I don't recommend following that path, rest assured that if you do, you will find that they do not like being attacked and insulted. They may support that behavior when others are the focus but not if they are the focus of the attack. Don't confuse this with cordial debate or discussion amongst adults. Just start shouting personal insults about the way they look, religion or any disability they may have , interrupt and insult followed by a complete denial that anything you said has any meaning. If they tell you that you said it, just say " no, I shouted it, that's not the same as saying" If you do try this and find someone that embraces this adventure, count that as one non-hypocritical trump supporter. Let me know if you find any.

It's impossible to support Trump without being a hypocrite, and easy to prove. Yet to prove they are a hypocrites you will need to lower yourself to Trump's level and start calling them names, 'hitting them hard' and denying everything. Though I don't recommend following that path, rest assured that if you do, you will find that they do not like being attacked and insulted. They may support that behavior when others are the focus but not if they are the focus of the attack. Don't confuse this with cordial debate or discussion amongst adults. Just start shouting personal insults about the way they look, religion or any disability they may have , interrupt and insult followed by a complete denial that anything you said has any meaning. If they tell you that you said it, just say " no, I shouted it, that's not the same as saying" If you do try this and find someone that embraces this adventure, count that as one non-hypocritical trump supporter. Let me know if you find any.
by Dave Rat

August 01, 2016 at 07:52PM
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